Sunday, February 6, 2011

Deep in my heart, I know that I have an undiscovered talent. One day, I will do something I have never done before, and instantly, I will be brilliant at doing it. I have really done a lot of research to narrow down what this could be.

For the longest time, I swore I was an EXCELLENT singer. I would sing in the car and think I sounded awesome. Yes, I might have been relegated to the chorus in school musicals, I knew my talent was too great to be kept to the chorus for long. I thought that when I was promoted from "Student Number Four" to "Student Number Three" and given FOUR lines in my school's production of "Little Miss Christie," I was on my way to stardom. Sadly, I eventually realized that I didn't really have any singing talents.

But secretly? I still hope that my singing talent will develop. I have ventured into the realm of karaoke a few times as of late and have found out that I can hit about three (3) notes. Please do not ask me WHICH notes, because I could not tell you. These three notes, so long as I only sing THOSE notes, can give people the impression that yes, I can sing. Sadly, those are the only three notes I can sing, no matter how hard I try. I actually had a really embarrassing experience in the car the other day try to belt out a Katy Perry tune (DO NOT JUDGE ME) and my voice cracked. It was at this moment that I realized that my secret talent would never be singing. (Either that, or I hit puberty again.) While I might be able to fool a few friends in a private room up at Lincoln Karaoke, I know that those three notes will never translate into an awesome talent. Sigh.

I'm pretty sure that beer made me think that I could hit four notes, not just three.

The search continues.

While I have found some things that I can do well such as cooking (sometimes), drinking wine (ALWAYS), and dancing (that's more of a former talent...my skills these days are rather sad), I still will continue searching for the one thing I can do better than almost anyone else.